You can feel the pulsating bass in the pit of your stomach as you step onto the dance floor. There are roughly two dozen other people here, dancing, drinking, and partying. Colored lights flash and flicker to the beat. In the far corner of the room sits a DJ booth, where Phyzz is spinning. Along the back wall is a small, but well stocked bar. You make your way over and grab your drink of choice. As you pay the bartender, you see a woman, dressed in a black leather jacket and dark jeans, enter the room from the fire exit. The lower half of her face is smeared with blood…

Bloody but Unbowed is a story for Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition in which the characters must deal with the rash actions of a rogue vampire. Bloody but zUnbowed is written as an introduction to the city of Rockford in the World of Darkness, but can be inserted into an existing chronicle with little to no work on the part of the Storyteller. Bloody but Unbowed is written with options allowing the troupe to begin as either mortals or vampires.

Bloody but Unbowed includes:• City of Rockford: An overview of the city of Rockford, Illinois in the World of Darkness.• New Characters: Six new Kindred for use in this adventure including Victoria Tanner, the Toreador Prince of the City. • Story Options: A scenario that can be played as a standard Vampire story, or as a Prelude and Embrace tale for a group of Thin-Blooded vampires.

If this is the world wide web, then there is a shockingly low number of former storytellers (and artists) participating any longer. Given that not all who once brought us players through the SAS sessions of our lifetime rose into A+ elite university jobs; I hope this improves.

This little chronicle admirably sets out to do precisely what it intends! I want to address two things especially. (1) The Setting. Rockford comes across as a very believable location, in the general area of Chicago but with a young Prince det [...]

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